Blogs and News about Colville Island of the San Juan Islands, Washington State.
Last updated on Sun, 5 Jul 2009
Orca Whales Near Spieden IslandWe were given a very nice view of several dozen harbor seals hauled-out on the rocks of Colville Island . Information we received revealed that members of our Southern Resident Orca whale pods were travelling north into Canadian waters! ...
Whale Watching Reports from Island Adventures Whale Watching Tours ... On our way out to look for orcas we slowed down at Colville Island to watch about 75 harbor seals hauled out on the rocks during an extreme low tide of minus 3. We found our first orcas of the day off the west side of San Juan Island. ...
Orca and Minke Whales Sighted by Island Explorer 3!We had a great trip today out in the San Juan Islands with spectacular weather! Based on information from the previous day, Captain Carl took us south in Rosario Straight on our wildlife search. We first encountered a few California Sea ...
MAIACETUS: MAY 23, 2009 MORNING J POD OFF SAN JUAN ISLAND They were travelling quickly around the south end of Lopez Island towards Salmon Bank and San Juan Island. Just before the whales reached us we spotted many harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) hauled out on the rocks near Colville Island off ...
San Juan Islands The San Juan Islands are a part of the San Juan Archipelago in the northwest corner of the continental United States. The archipelago is split into two groups of islands based on national sovereignty. San Juan Islands are part of the US ...
orcas all throughout the islands! - monday, august 11, 2008we neared colville island where we found a pair of marbled murreletts! these small endangered seabirds are a rare sighting in the san juan islands as we only have a few mated pairs in the area! just north of false bay we visited with a ...
a grey day and very active orcas!!we followed their direction towards the south end of san juan island. it was just north of false bay where we found members of j pod orcas and faith (l57)! in the grey of the day we watched oreo's subpod playfully enjoying the day. ...
orca whales sighted by island explorer 3!"from the dock we ventured into the inner islands heading towards cattle pass at the south end of san juan island! shortly after entering the strait of juan de fuca we were enjoying the company of orca whales! ...
orca whales sighted!"it was yet another gorgeous day out in the san juan islands. we left the marina with an amazing view of mount baker that followed us on the rest of our adventure! heading south down rosario strait we rounded the the south end of lopez ...
j and k pods crossing the border, and our first heermann's gull!we did stop briefly at colville island to check out a bunch of harbor seals hauled out on the rocks. by the time we hit salmon bank, off san juan island, the fog was starting to clear. we found the orcas just northeast of discovery ...
